Mohammed by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)171
editions published
between
1961
and
2018
in
12
languages
and held by
2,546 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A definitive and fascinating introduction to the life, ideas, and impact of the founder of Islam. Maxime Robinson's Muhammad
has long been regarded as one of the touchstones of scholarship on the founder of Islam. Thirty years after first being published
in English, it remains the definitive introduction to the Prophet's life. Drawing on wide-ranging scholarship and imaginative
insight into the Prophet's personality, family, background, and wider society, Rodinson's Muhammad offers a vivid account
of how he spread the word of Islam, created a sect and state, and defeated his enemies, establishing the first great Muslim
military power -- a power which was soon to control territory stretching all the way from the Pyrenees to the borders of China.
For anyone who wants to understand the historical roots of one of the world's great religions, Rodinson's Muhammad provides
the ideal guide to a fascinating and timely subject. -- Description from http://www.amazon.com (Jan. 26, 2012)

Islam and capitalism by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)109
editions published
between
1966
and
2014
in
8
languages
and held by
1,552 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This book is a rebuttal of the cultural reductionism of Max Weber and others who have tried to explain the politics and society
of the Middle East by reference to some unchanging entity called "Islam," typically characterized as instinctively hostile
to capitalism. The author looks at the facts, analyzing economic texts, to show that Muslims never had any problem making
money

Israel and the Arabs by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)52
editions published
between
1968
and
1985
in
English
and held by
1,386 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The Arabs by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)59
editions published
between
1972
and
2005
in
6
languages
and held by
1,322 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"The Arabs is an interpretative essay based upon a great deal of reading and research, and like other writings of the author,
brilliant and insightful. Rodinson's response to the question Who are the Arabs? traces the career of the Arab people from
their first appearance about twenty-nine centuries ago up to the present day. The purpose of the book is to make the reader
aware of an undeniable Arab being, of its historic performance and its contemporary situation, on the basis of a scientifically
careful but sympathetic study and statement." Back cover

Europe and the mystique of Islam by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)44
editions published
between
1980
and
2009
in
6
languages
and held by
715 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Since the time of the Crusades, Europeans have viewed Muslim culture and religion through the unique distorting lens of Orientalism,
coloring all aspects of their perception and generating a curious blend of fascination and distrust. Maxime Rodinson presents
the classic account of this relationship, in a history that is balanced and concise yet full of insight

Israel: a colonial-settler state? by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)30
editions published
between
1967
and
2014
in
3
languages
and held by
635 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Examining the Zionist colonization of Palestine, Maxime Rodinson explains that Israel's formation was part of the pattern
of 19th and 20th century colonial conquest. The Zionist movement received active support from the major imperialist powers
and -like other colonialist movements- employed a nationally exclusive, racist ideology to justify the subjugation of native
farmers and workers."--Page 4 of cover

Israël et le refus arabe, 75 ans d'histoire by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)33
editions published
between
1968
and
1974
in
3
languages
and held by
249 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Traces the history of Zionism and examines the changing ambitions and inter-relations of the Arab nations, a challenging contribution
from a Jewish professor who is sympathetic to the Arab cause

La Fascination de l'Islam by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)36
editions published
between
1978
and
1982
in
French and Undetermined
and held by
179 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Medieval Arab cookery by Maxime Rodinson(
Book
)13
editions published
between
2001
and
2006
in
English
and held by
137 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"The French scholar, Maxime Rodinson's contributions are legendary, yet have only been seen in translation in Petits Propos
Culinaires. We include those already published there, together with the text of his longest paper, 'Recherches sur les documents
Arabes relatifs a la cuisine', translated by Barbara Yeomans. The American scholar Charles Perry has been entertaining participants
at the Oxford Symposium with regular gleanings from his researches into medieval Arab cookery, and several of his papers are
gathered here, together with a new study of fish recipes, and other items previously published in PPC. Subjects include grain
foods of the early Turks, rotted condiments, cooking pots, and Kitab al-Tibakhah, a 15th-century cookery book. English study
of the subject was first encouraged by Professor Arberry's translation of the 13th-century cookery book Kitab al-Tabikh, published
in 1939 in the periodical Islamic Culture."